Here’s the biggest problem in my view with regards to where we stand and where we’re going.
We’re going to be creeping into late Jan with well below average snowfall. Many in the single digits from Boston to Providence and SE (some places on the cape may be better).
At this point, you’ll need anomalous positive departures to get to average.
People can say “there is still time” and while true, you are increasingly relying on exotic outcomes (like 2013, 2015) to produce that type of snowfall.
Again, unless you are banking on that type of thing, if we enter late Jan well below normal, a sub par season is pretty much a lock.